The Key Stone State was a large Civil War period sidewheeler that sank off Michigan's Thumb in 1861. All 33 onboard were lost. There was much speculation about her cargo and why she was making such a dangerous late season trip. Her location remained a mystery until discovered in 2013.

Painting of the Isaac M Scott, lost in the Great Storm of November, 1913. She is depicted heading northbound on the afternoon of Sunday, November 9. By that evening, she and her entire crew would be lost. Found in 1976, upside down, off Thunder Bay Michigan. No traces of her crew have ever been recovered. Prints are available from the artist, or from Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary gift store, Alpena Michigan.

A unique study of the maritime heritage of the Great Lakes from an Artist’s viewpoint featuring over fifty paintings & drawings of Great Lakes ships starting with the Griffon and ending with the Edmund Fitzgerald. Marine Artist and historian Robert McGreevy has devoted a lifetime to painting and researching ships of the Great Lakes. This new book features many never before illustrated ships from all periods of our maritime history. Special attention has been given to ships that sank, often showing what the wreck looks like today, and the circumstances surrounding its loss. Lost Legends of the Lakes is a carefully researched, illustrated, and written chronicle of our freshwater history. Hardcover, 144 pages, over fifty illustrations in color.

* Lost Legends of the Lakes has very limited availability as of 2014. Only a few copies are remaining.